The overture by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 chief Brian D’Arcy to “clear the air” in the ongoing dispute over two trusts funded by the Department of Water and Power drew criticism on Thursday for not offering anything new to city officials about how money was spent.

Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Controller Ron Galperin dismissed the information contained in an article written by D’Arcy as an effort to shift attention away from the Joint Training Institute and Joint Safety Institute, which have received an estimated $40 million over the past decade.

D’Arcy posted two financial statements prepared by Miller Kaplan Arase LLP, accountant for the two trusts, but refused to comment on continuing criticism of him.

Galperin, who is attempting to serve subpoenas for documents on D’Arcy and other trustees, said he believes the union chief is continuing to dodge efforts to review the spending.

“I don’t think any of the air has been cleared,” Galperin said. “This should be a simple thing of turning over your checkbook and credit-card payments and let us review them.

“Instead, what he released is pretty much what is on their tax statements that were already public. He didn’t provide any information on how the money was spent.”

Garcetti agreed, saying through his office that D’Arcy’s release of information was insuficient.

“A summary is not good enough,” mayoral spokesman Jeff Millman said. “The city has the right to follow the money, and that’s why we are seeking a public accounting of individual expenditures by the trusts.”

DWP Commission President Mel Levine called the D’Arcy offer “woefully inadequate. “This muddies the waters more than clarifies them,” Levine said. “I am not impressed with his effort to divert attention.” D’Arcy also announced he asked former Attorney General John Van de Kamp to serve as an intermediary with the District Attorney’s Office, which is said to be monitoring the situation between the city and the union

Van de Kamp, who is not being paid, sees his role as helping IBEW in dealing with the districa Attorney. “I will talk with people in the DA’s office and will work with them to get the information they want,” he said, adding he would not involve himself in city efforts to obtain the information.

DWP Commissioner Jill Barad said the reports provided by D’Arcy for citizen review fall short of what the commission wants to see.

“I think he confuses what he called political meddling with the public’s right to know how the money has been spent,” Barad said. “If he is getting public funds, the public has a right to know how the money has been spent.”

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She defended the commission over D’Arcy’s criticism that the five-member panel did not have enough experience with water and power issues to oversee the agency. “Give me a break,” Barad said. “We were appointed to represent the public. All he’s doing is singing the same song, but he’s off-key.”